In December 1930, Carl Kay travelled by train from Kansas City to the port of New York. He was a musician who played bass in Fischer’s Exposition Orchestra.
In 1963 Jan Yoors and the French film director Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau made the film Only One New York. Gaisseau won the first Oscar for a documentary in 1961 with the film Le Ciel et la Boue. The film documents a Franco-Dutch expedition through Dutch New Guinea. It focuses on tribes of cannibals.
In 1947 Jan Yoors visited the successful exhibition ‘La tapisserie Française du moyen age à nos jours’, which was on display for the first time in Paris. Yoors became fascinated by tapestry weaving.
Jan Yoors was a versatile artist who took photos, wrote books, painted, designed tapestries and sculpted. Nevertheless, there are themes that recur in several of his artistic expressions. Discover the links in Yoors’ work.
Jan Yoors was an enigmatic figure. The story of his youth and lifestyle aroused admiration and amazement. At the same time, it is difficult to see the real Jan Yoors through all the stories.
